The Biden administration on Friday announced a series of new sanctions against Russia on the one-year anniversary of Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
The wars in Ukraine and Tigray were similar. Both shocked by their brutality. Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed twisted history to delegitimize an adversary. Putin, for example, argued that Ukrainian identity was an artificial concept and traced Russian identity and the Orthodox faith to Kyivan Rus in modern-day Ukraine. While Tigray’s fight was over identity rather than independence, Abiy approached his adversaries the same way due to the historical origins of Ethiopia and Ethiopian Orthodoxy in Axum in modern-day Tigray.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared his country’s year-long fight with Russia a “year of invincibility” on Friday, as he marked the anniversary of the invasion of his nation. “It was a year of resilience. A year of care. A year of bravery. A year of pain. A year of hope. A year of endurance. A...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Thursday said that she plans to introduce a bill to force an audit of the billions of dollars in aid that the U.S. has sent to Ukraine in its now year-long war with Russia. “It’s going to force Congress to give the American people an audit,” Greene said in...
On the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it is time to focus on accountability for that aggression. The best way — and frankly, the only effective way — to do so is to establish a United Nations-backed and -supported Special Tribunal for Ukraine on the Crime of Aggression. We have successfully done so...
Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. Today marks the official one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, capping off a week of commemoration and renewed calls for support from leaders across the globe. President Biden...